Chocolate and Orange Cake
I wanted to make a sandwich cake for OH's birthday, but also wanted it to look a bit different. Had a large orange to use up, so decided to use it in the cake and to decorate it. Recently I saw a tv chef add a flake bar to a chocolate cake, so thought I'd try the same, instead of using cocoa or melted chocolate. Cake: 225sr flour 175g soft butter 175g caster sugar grated rind of a large orange 3 eggs 2 crushed Flake bars 4 tbspn milk Icing: 100g soft butter 225g icing sugar juice of 1/2 the orange For the top: 1 orange divided into segments a little crushed Flake bar Preheat oven 170C/gas3 Grease and line a deep 20cm cake tin [or use 2 x 20cm sandwich tins] Cream butter, sugar and orange rind together till light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time. Stir in the crushed Flake bars and fold in the flour alternately with the milk. Spoon into the tin or tins, smooth top and bake for about 1-1/4 hrs till golden. Leave in tin for 10 mins then turn onto a...